Chinese meal
A couple decided to go out for a chinese meal at a new restaurant that had opened near their house.
The waiter sat them at a pleasant table and gave them the menu.
The woman decided she'd like the Chicken Surprise, and after due consideration her husband thought he'd like the same. The waiter took their order and went off to the kitchens to get their meal.
In due course he returned, bearing a large metal dish with a lid, which he placed in the centre of the table with a flourish. He then disappeared back to the kitchen saying, "I'll just go and get the rice and vegetables, Sir."
The woman looked at the gently steaming dish, wondering what the Chicken Surprise was going to be. All of a sudden, the edge of the lid nearest her lifted up slightly, and she saw a pair of eyes blinking at her from underneath. She shrieked and scrambled away from the table to a safe distance, shouting "Look out, it's alive!"
Her husband, who hadn't seen the lid move, carefully reached out, but before he could lift the lid off the dish to look underneath, the edge nearest him lifted up, and he saw the blinking eyes too.
"My God, you're right!" he said, also retreating.
The waiter came rushing out of the kitchen to find both of them standing six feet from the table, looking doubtfully at the dish in the middle, while the eyes peered out at them from under the lid.
"I'm dreadfully sorry Sir, I seem to have made a mistake with your order." he said.
The man said, "If that's the Chicken Surprise I don't think we want it!"
"Oh no, Sir," the waiter replied. "That's what I'm trying to tell you. That's not the Chicken Surprise, it's the Peking Duck!"
Anonymous 04/08/2005Categories: Clean